Gender double standards in parenting attitudes

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-432

  Axinn, William G ^a   Young DeMarco, Linda ^a   Ro, Meeso Caponi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship family formation attitudes; Gender double standard; Parenting attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955026953     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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